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her name is tamika and her story is like broken glass. shards of glass can easily penetrate skin and tissue.sex, lust, love and hatred . . .a small town in japan holds these secrets. an inspector, a mother, a father, a client and a body that fell from nowhere . . .sometimes there is no logic to life.nine stories - or one tale?"Pain, loneliness, humiliation, and grief underlie these atomized, broken lives." Kirkus Reviews

J. John le Grange studied creative writing at the University of Cape Town. He was a place winner in the 2000 Seoul Creative Writing competition and briefly edited South Africa Writing, a magazine for creative writers in South Africa. He is the author of Wolseley, which received a commendation from the 2015 Dinaane Debut Fiction Award. He lives in Cape Town. Work on tales for the train began in 2004.